https://ubcentral.org/2017/01/07/250-years-on-this-day-in-ub-history-jan-7/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=250-years-on-this-day-in-ub-history-jan-7 News From The United Brethren in Christ Church Sat, 07 Jan 2017 17:16:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://ubcentral.org/2017/01/07/250-years-on-this-day-in-ub-history-jan-7/comment-page-1/#comment-44776 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 17:16:33 +0000 http://ubcentral.org/?p=23787#comment-44776 I remember this event as I was about 12 years old and living in Sierra Leone. My parents were missionaries with UBC from 1950 – 1956. We had a huge parade from the town of Mattru out to the school where a dedication service was held. My sister, Colleen, along with Ron and Norman Baker were in the parade. I believe the British Governor of Sierra Leone and other high officials were there for this special event. DeWitt Baker was an amazing, gifted, and Godly man. How he accomplished what he did under very primitive circumstances, I’ll never know. It had to be the hand of God on him. He had a heart for bring literacy and education to the people of Sierra Leone when there was almost no opportunity for them to learn even the basics of reading and writing. But most of all, he wanted this school to be a channel through which students would come to know the Lord. It is unimaginable how many souls were saved at Centennial Secondary School and will be heaven because DeWitt and Evelyn Baker were willing to go anywhere God called them and make any sacrifices that were asked of them, even if it meant losing their youngest son in a tragic boating accident on the Jong River.

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